Harry Ives Thompson (31 January 1840, West Haven, Connecticut - 1906, West Haven, Connecticut) was an American painter, known primarily for his portraits and rural scenes.
Biography
editHe was initially trained as a merchant and helped operate the family grocery store; painting in his leisure time. Upon turning twenty-one, in 1861, he decided that he would rather pursue a career in art and took lessons from Benjamin Hutchins Coe (1799-1883), a landscape painter from Hartford.[1]
Three years later, Coe retired and Thompson took over his drawing school in New Haven until 1867. His first public showing came at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition.[2] From 1877 to 1890, he was a regular exhibitor at the National Academy of Design in New York. He also produced numerous portraits of notable people associated with Yale University.[1]
He occasionally painted in New Hampshire as well.
References
edit- ^ a b Biographical notes @ White Mountain Art]].
- ^ Art and Artists in Connecticut by Harry Willard French @ Google Books,
External links
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- More works by Thompson @ ArtNet
- Portrait of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. @ the US House of Representatives
- Thompson (Harry I.) West Haven Genealogical Papers